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... McDonald Falls. We were able to view the falls from the one-way wooden bridge. Weather was perfect at 73 degrees. From there we stopped at Upper McDonald's Creek and walked a short trail to a wooden bridge and view of another set of falls.

Our next stop was back to Lake McDonald for sunset pictures. It was about 8:00 p.m. still a bit early for sunset--but that didn't stop me from snapping pictures. The colors were soft muted pinks and yellows which streaked ...

... they had seen a moose, but we didn’t have any luck finding him. There was a rickety suspension bridge to cross the creek, and then the rest of the trail was mostly flat. About a mile and a half or so from the bridge, we made a quick detour to see Aster Falls. It’s a thin cascading waterfall. After some pictures at the base, I climbed up the right side to get some pictures of the upper cascades as well as the view ...

... after some of our organic nuts sprinkled with Neem. But of course you can’t feed them so we snapped a quick photo and left him to forage for his own food – plus he might be allergic to Neem!

The trail winded ever higher and we saw more mountain goats relaxing on patches of snow still surviving the summer sun up at this altitude. The scenery was really beautiful as we crossed small streams ...

... feature bears to varying degrees. The North Cascades have black bears and potentially grizzlies (although none have ever been documented), with every campsite offering a bear-proof food storage locker. Mount Rainier has black bears, and offered a slogan: Be Bear Aware instead of food lockers. I'm wondering how many slogans they threw out: You Should Be Bearrified; Be Afraid, Be Beary Beary Afraid. Glacier Park, by ...

... we arrived in Whitefish nice and early. We've eaten lots, drunk lots of coffee and not done a lot else. Hoping for some better weather and clearer views to come as we've seen bugger all for days. Matt has been very brave despite his wrist and oozing wounds. Big stars for him says Nadine. We are now camping next to an Australian couple who have motorbiked up from Chile so have done our route in reverse - good to meet interesting people as the weather has been ...